Hey! What do you two think you're doing? Fightin' at a time like this. You'll use up all the air!

Jayne ,'Out Of Gas'


Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Ginger - Dec 19, 2010 5:50:21 pm PST #12141 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Any recs for post-apocalyptic/dystopian novels?

Life As We Knew It, Susan Pfeffer

No Blade of Grass, John Christopher

Damnation Alley, Roger Zelazney

and the classic of the genre, Alas Babylon

Of the post-zombie apocalypse oeuvre:

Feed, Mira Grant

The Forest of Hands and Teeth

Do not read Jupiter's Hammer or World Made By Hand if women who suddenly turn into idiots who must be protected by a man make you throw things.


Consuela - Dec 19, 2010 6:17:50 pm PST #12142 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Oooh, also, Earth Abides, by George Stewart. And A Canticle for Leibowitz.


§ ita § - Dec 19, 2010 6:23:45 pm PST #12143 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The Parable series by Octavia Butler. Xenogenesis might slide in there too.


Steph L. - Dec 19, 2010 6:33:32 pm PST #12144 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I wanted to see if I was going to be able to shoot during the lunar eclipse. I am all worked up about the eclipse. What time does it start?

When I saw the cameraphone picure (which, I cannot believe that's from a cameraphone through a telescope!), I was going to make sure you knew about the eclipse, but of course you do. So -- there is no way I'm getting up at 2:30 a.m. (Eastern time) to see it, so please take lots of pictures!

The Forest of Hands and Teeth

This one is really good, but creepy. It has a sequel(ish), called The Dead-Tossed Waves, which I didn't think was quite as good, but I'm still glad I read.


Liese S. - Dec 19, 2010 6:36:20 pm PST #12145 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, I`m going to wiped because I`ll be up late both that night and the next. But what`s winter break for if not for staying up late?
 
And thanks for that link, -t, that`s great info.


§ ita § - Dec 19, 2010 6:47:05 pm PST #12146 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

MY apartment manager just have me back my December rent and told me I had to bring it in myself ASAP. I think I'm working from home tomorrow. Plus I have to pick my sister's stuff up from the post office.


Burrell - Dec 19, 2010 7:04:06 pm PST #12147 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

LA is absurdly wet and grey. I'm calling it El Nino weather, I don't care what they say.

Xmas shopping is almost done, but the house is still a wreck. 4 days until my sister arrives, which gives me 4 days to clean it up and make it festive-looking.

I have been on a vague endorphin rush since my stretch class at 10 am today. Is that normal?


Allyson - Dec 19, 2010 7:06:25 pm PST #12148 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

women who suddenly turn into idiots who must be protected by a man make you throw things.

Good call, good call. This is why I avoid Heinlen.

Thanks for the recs! My mama sent me a kindle and I've been buying many books.

I got Dracula and The Secret Garden for free. I haven't read them in yonks, and have no idea where they have gone.


Strega - Dec 19, 2010 7:36:38 pm PST #12149 of 30001

Allyson! I should call you sometime this week! But not tonight or Monday night. After that is golden. If I don't start a game of phone-tag, harass me via email until I do. I keep remembering that I have a funny thing to tell you and then I forget it for months and then I remember "Shit, I should call Allyson and tell her the funny thing."

Also I am distributing copies of Sam for Xmas so yay. Children of my acquaintance who do not love it will be disowned.

On which note I need to sleep because I have to be in DC early tomorrow, bleh.


Allyson - Dec 19, 2010 7:38:19 pm PST #12150 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I have a box o' stuff for strega. I am awesome at picking up things that make me think of folks. I am bad at mailing them.